Cya YMS!

 Hi bloggers!
Today I'm going to be talking to you about my amazing time at Yaldhurst.
I love Yaldhurst and it is a really great school.

Something that I am going to miss about YMS are my friends because I have only just got to know a lot of them.
My friends are always kind to me and even though they have known each other for a lot longer they have still accepted me into their group.

I have been at YMS since I was five which is a long time.
Now I am going to go to Riccarton High School which I think is going to be a really great experience just like Yaldhurst was.

Some things that I have enjoyed doing at Yaldhurst in previous years are wearable arts, reading the book "holes" and hanging out with my old friend Rihanna.
Some things that I have enjoyed doing at Yaldhurst this year are playing Korfball, making new friends, and Pet Day.
I enjoyed playing Korfball because it is a really fun sport that was also quite new to me.
I enjoyed making new friends this year because it is really cool to have new people surrounding me.
I enjoyed Pet Day because we got to do a lot of amazing activities.

Something that I have learnt here at Yaldhurst is how to be a YMS HERO and how to work/communicate well with anyone around me.

I have also learnt maths, reading, writing and other things like that.
If I had the chance to stay at Yaldhurst I definitely would because it is such an amazing school.

Cya later & thank you YMS!
-Amelia 🦊

SLJ Teaser Activity 🖌️

 Hi bloggers!
Today I'm going to be talking about something crazy.
Okay fine, crazy might not be the right word for it, unless...
You put it like this...

CRAZY FUN!

That's what I'm talking about!
Well, kinda.
I'm actually going to be introducing you to the Summer Learning Journey (SLJ).
You can do activities, win prizes etc.
If you have absolutely no idea what it is, you might want to click this link.
(Just ignore that it says parents.)

Anyways, today I have done the teaser activity, which you can find right here.
Well, the instructions anyways.
My one is right...

Here!

What do you think?
I'm really proud of it.
You can probably guess that I love using bright colours...
Anyways, I'm the most proud of how I used the dull background to make the flowers' colours POP!

Have you used Art Colouring Book before?

What do you think the best part of my colouring is?
Are you going to do the Summer Learning Journey (SLJ)?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

The Most Fun School Day! 🐈

 Hi bloggers!

Today I'm going to be telling you about my experience of Pet Day!

Well, some of the things I did anyways.

What is Pet Day?

Pet Day is usually a day where everyone can bring one of their pets, but thanks to COVID, this year, we can't bring our pets. So instead, we had some cool activities that we did!

On pet day we could choose what activities we wanted to do out of 6 options: leaf art, photography, sand saucer, floating flower arrangement, cake decorating/tasing, lego competition.

Out of all these activities, I decided to compete in leaf art, photography, and sand saucer.

It was super fun and everything was amazing!
My favourite activity would probably have to be leaf art, but it was also super challenging because gluing leaves onto leaves is very difficult and I did get quite frustrated.
In the end, I'm really proud of the end result and how I did!

Do you have Pet Day at school?

What do you think would be the most fun activity?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

How Names Defame

   Hello bloggers!

Today I'm going to be talking to you about my speech.

This year, I wrote a speech about why names of animal species matter.

Here is my speech if you want to read it:

It took me a very long time to write and edit this piece but I am so proud of it!

I did have a few challenges, like making it fit within the time limit, but I guess everyone had a few challenges writing their speeches.

It was also quite fun to do!

I presented it to the class and I messed up terribly.

Even though I made a mistake, I still had the confidence to present it to the school.

I also managed to convince Zahrah to present her speech to the school.

When I presented my speech to the school, I was very nervous at first, but then I was fine.

Turns out, I had bet Zahrah with my speech and come first place in speeches (surprisingly).

I then managed to get into the Selwyn speeches competition.

That was also very nerve-racking and I didn't manage to place, but it was a cool experience.

Some of the other speeches were so good!

Honestly, I'm so proud of myself.

Did you write a speech this year?

What do you think of my speech?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

Luna - Who or What?

 Hello bloggers!

Today I'm going to be showing you something that I made on Google Drawings.

What's with the title?

Well, I named it/them Luna.

Maybe it will give you a clue!

Anyways, why was I doing this?

Well, I was doing this because it was another... Cybersmart Challenge!

If you want to try it then click the link.

Soooo... you're probably wondering what this 'Luna' looks like.

Well, here she is:

My experience with this was really fun!
I didn't really learn anything, but honestly I've been using Google Drawings since I was like 7.
I did remember a few things though, like how to make things glow!
Some parts of this activity were challenging though.
Making the wings was one of these challenges, and the back spines were another.

Have you done this challenge?
Do you think that my monster fits the poem?
What kind of monster would you create?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

Spring Learning Journey #7 - The Best Way To Travel

Hello everyone!

This is my seventh Spring Learning Journey blog post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 19 because I felt like I really needed to show everyone what I think the best way to travel is.

The activity is called The Best Way To Travel and what you do for this activity is you research your favourite type of transport and create a blog post to teach others about it.

Here is the presentation that I created using Google Slides:

Something that I learnt is that the modern bicycle was invented in 1885.

I didn't have a lot of fun doing the research, but I did enjoy making the background.

What do you think is the best way to travel?
Do you think cars are better, or bikes?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Spring Learning Journey #6 - Future Travel

Hello everyone!

This is my sixth Spring Learning Journey blog post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 5 because I had the best idea ever for it!

The activity is called Future Travel and what you do for this activity is you think about what travel will look like in the future, create designs and label them.

Here are the designs that I created using Google Slides:

I learnt about what airplanes and cars are made of by doing this activity.
I also learnt that polycarbonate plastic is pretty much heatproof, lightweight and up to 200 times stronger than glass.

Doing this activity was fun because i got to put my animating skills to work.

What do you think future travel will look like?
Did you know about polycarbonate plastic?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Spring Learning Journey #5 - Timeline

Hello everyone!

This is my fifth Spring Learning Journey blog post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.
There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).
In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 1 because I wanted to learn a bit about the history of transport.

The activity is called Timeline and what you do for this activity is you learn about find information about when certain forms of transport were invented and you make a timeline of them.

Here is the timeline that I made on Google Drawings:

By doing this activity, I learnt a lot about the history of transport.
It was fun to make the Google Drawing, but some parts of it were a bit boring.

What do you think about the history of transport?

What would you use to make a timeline?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Spring Learning Journey #4 - Story/Facts

Hello everyone!

This is my fourth Spring Learning Journey post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 3 because I love learning about animals.

The activity is called Story/Facts and what you do for this activity is you make a comic or animation with the theme of moving that either tells a story or shares facts.

Here is the animation that I made:

I learnt a lot of facts about walking while making this blog post.
It was also quite fun to make because I love making animations!

Do you like comics or animations better?

Do you know any cool facts about walking?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Spring Learning Journey #3 - Animal Movements

Hello everyone!

This is my third Spring Learning Journey post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 9 because I love learning about animals.

The activity is called Animal Movements and what you do for this activity is you find fun facts about animal movements to make a poster.

Here is my poster:

I learnt so many amazing things about animal movements from making this blog post!
It was really fun learning about these animals and making this poster.
Hopefully you had fun reading my blog!

Do you know any fun facts like these?
Are you doing the Spring Learning Journey?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Spring Learning Journey #2 - Moving Lines

 Hello everyone!

This is my second Spring Learning Journey post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 15 because I love doing art and the activity looked really fun.

The activity is called Moving Lines and what you do for this activity is you watch the video and make one of the pieces of art.

If you want to know what my piece of art looks like, then take a look at this slideshow!

Making this piece of art was really fun (like I thought it would be).

From doing this activity, I learnt a new way of making art.

Have you done art like this?
Are you doing the Spring Learning Journey?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Spring Learning Journey - Moving To Where?

Hello everyone!

I know you haven't seen me blogging recently, but I've finally had the time to!

I'm going to be doing my first Spring Learning Journey post.

Firstly though, what is the Spring Learning Journey?

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 12 because when I saw it, I immediately knew the answer.

The activity is called Moving To Where and what you do for this activity is you decide where in the world you would want to move to and why.

If you want to know where I would move to, then here is my slideshow, explaining it all!

It took a lot of time, but I enjoyed making this blog post!
I really would like to move there if I could.

Where would you want to move to?
What would you miss about home?

Cya later, have a nice day!

A Strange Sport...

 Hi bloggers!
Today I'm going to be talking about my fun and exciting experience with Korfball.
Korfball is a bit tricky when you first start, because there are a lot of rules.
I think that it's a bit like netball-- but that's just me.
There are too many rules so I'm just going to let the video explain them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUtJB5jBOis

There was a guy called Yuri that came and taught us how to play.
He introduced rules one at a time so it would be easier to learn.
The first two rules he gave us were "No physical contact" and "No kicking the ball".

Okay, now here are some photos of us playing Korfball!

At first I was a bit nervous but I was fine when I played.
I think that it is a very cool sport and also the hoops are AWESOME (and tall!).

Have you played Korfball?
Do you think Korfball looks like a cool sport?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Hey, Don't Click That Link!

 Hi bloggers!
Today I'm going to be talking about what I have learnt about scams and phishing.
Our class did a cybersmart challenge on scams and phishing.
I think it was very easy but I did learn a few things from the video.
Here is the link to the cybersmart challenge:

https://cybersmartchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/challenge-23-scams-and-phishing.html

Here is the slideshow that I worked on:

I think I got them all right and it was fun to do.
It didn't take me long, so maybe you could try it too.
Something that I learnt is that if the padlock up by the website html is red or has a cross than the website might just be a scam.

Have you done a cybersmart challenge?

What are your tips on finding out what's a scam?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori

 Kia Ora!
Today I'm going to be talking about some of the things my class has been doing for Te Reo Maori week.

Firstly, I'm going to be talking about the Maori Language Moment.
This is an awesome thing that Rimu took part in this week.
On Tuesday at 12pm we went to kapa haka and we recorded ourselves singing the waiata "Rona".
Why is this?

Because we signed up to help try to break the world record for millions of people doing something in an endangered, indigenous language.
I don't know if we broke the world record or not, but it was fun anyways!

Here is the link to the Maori Moment website.
https://www.reomaori.co.nz/

Something else that our class tried out is using a cool website to make a pepeha.
It looks really cool and here is mine.

If you want to make an awesome pepeha like I did, here is the link!

Overall, Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week) was really fun and I learnt a lot!

I don't really care if we broke the world record or not because the most important thing is that it was enjoyable.

What did you do for Maori Language Week?

Did you participate in the Maori Language Moment?

Cya later, have a nice day!

How To Spot A Liar

 Hi everyone!

Today I am going to be sharing some of the work I did on Friday but I also did some of the work today.

I found it really interesting because I didn't know how to spot a liar before we did this.
I learnt a lot of things and maybe you will too.
Here is the slide that I worked on.

I learnt that you could tell if someone is lying just by their hands!

Something else I learnt is to think out of the box sometimes.
I learnt this from a game called "Who is Lying".
We played it for ten minutes and I got to level 16.
The game was really fun and I'm really glad that we got to play it.

Maybe you could try it too (it's on Poki).

Do you know any ways to spot a liar?

Have you learnt ways to spot a liar from this blog?

Cya later, have a nice day!

🦊

Share & Care Tuesday... Again!

 Hi everyone!

Today I did an awesome teaching session with some of my classmates.
Of course it was on google meets again...

Anyways, it was really fun to do and I chose Nishka's blog about Roman Numerals.

Here is the slide that I completed:

If you think Nishka's blog looks cool (like I did!) then here is the link.

Have you heard of Roman Numerals?

Have you 'shouted out' someone's blog before?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Writing Wednesday!

 Hi bloggers!
Today I'm going to be showing you some of the writing work that I have done today on my class google meet.
I worked hard to write this up and it took a lot of planning.

In our class we are working on persuasive writing.
Maybe this will persuade you to think a certain way, let's see!

I'm very proud of my writing!

Hopefully you like it as much as I do.

What writing have you done over lockdown?
What is your favourite part of my writing?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Share & Care Tuesday!

 Hi everyone!

Today I'm going to be showing you one of the things that I have done on my class google meet.
Today it is called 'Share and Care Tuesday'.
We (everyone who showed up) each got a slide and we had to find someone in our class that had a really cool blog post.
Then I wrote what I thought was cool about the blog post.
I chose Zahrah's blog post (no, not just because she is my friend!).
Here is the slide that I did.

Doing 'Share and Care Tuesday' was really fun and much more fun than 'Maths Monday' (even though I didn't stay for much of it).

Also, if Zahrah's blog looks cool to you then here is the link.

Have you done something like this?
What do you think of 'Share and Care Tuesday'?

Cya later, have a nice day!

🦊

The Dangerous Gift - Lockdown

 Hi everyone!
Today I'm going to be writing about a book from the Wings Of Fire series.
The book is called The Dangerous Gift and is by Tui Sutherland.
I have read the whole Wings Of Fire series and it is really good.

You're probably wondering why I decided to write this blog.
Well the reason is that we're in lockdown and it is one of the activities that the teacher set.

Time for some astonishing, awesome and astounding information!

-SPOILER ALERT-

I think this book is for ages 9-12.
This book is a fantasy book so it would be good for people who like fantasy things or just dragons.

I started reading this series almost a year ago and I still like it.
My favourite book from the series is probably book 12 - The Hive Queen.
I like it because it has a lot of character development.

I chose to do my blog about this book because its a new one and I've read it recently.

What is your favourite book or series?

Have you read a Wings Of Fire book?
Do you like fantasy books?

How is lockdown for you?

Cya later, have a nice day!

🦊